Nicaea

See also:Nicæa

English

Alternative forms

• Nikaia;Nicæa(archaic)

Etymology

FromLatinNīcaea,fromAncient GreekΝίκαια(Níkaia),forNicaeawife ofLysimachus,fromνίκη(níkē,“victory”)+-ια(-ia,“-ia:formingfemininenames”).DoubletofIznikandNice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/naɪˈsiːə/

Proper noun

Nicaea

1. (historical)Former name ofIznik,a city inTurkeyfamedfor the AD 325church councilthatcomposedtheNicene Creed.

Synonyms

• (ancient Iznik):Antiogonia,Ancore,Helicore(historical)

Related terms

• Nicene
• Nicene Creed

Translations

ancient Iznik—see alsoIznik

• Arabic:نِيقِيَّةf(nīqiyya)
• Armenian:Նիկիա(Nikia)

  Old Armenian:Նիկիա(Nikia)

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܢܹܩܝܼܵܐf(Neqiya)
• Danish:Nikæa
• Farefare:Nikea
• Finnish:Nikea
• French:Nicée(fr)
• German:Nicäa(de)f
• Greek:

  Ancient:Νίκαιαf(Níkaia),Ἀγκόρη(Ankórē),Ἑλικόρη(Helikórē),Ἀντιγονεία(Antigoneía)

  Modern:Νίκαια(el)f(Níkaia)

• Icelandic:Níkeaf
• Italian:Niceaf
• Japanese:ニカイア(Nikaia)
• Korean:니케아(Nikea)
• Latin:Nīcaeaf,Antigoniaf
• Persian:نیقیه(niqiye)
• Portuguese:Niceiaf
• Russian:Нике́я(ru)f(Nikéja)

Latin

Etymology

FromAncient GreekΝῑ́καια(Nī́kaia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/niːˈkae̯.a/,[niːˈkäe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/niˈt͡ʃe.a/,[niˈt͡ʃɛːä]

Proper noun

Nīcaeafsg(genitiveNīcaeae);first declension

1. Nicaea,Hellenic city in northwestern Anatolia
2. Nice,France
3. Nikaia,Greece
4. Nisa,Portugal

Declension

First-declensionnoun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcaea
Genitive	Nīcaeae
Dative	Nīcaeae
Accusative	Nīcaeam
Ablative	Nīcaeā
Vocative	Nīcaea
Locative	Nīcaeae

References

• “Nicaea”,inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• NicaeainGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français,Hachette.